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Looking for an appropriate word.

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Yes it’s on account of evolutionary pressure. As life is getting more and more competitive day by day
there is requirement of being more logical than emotional. After all only fittest will survive.

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Unbiased search for truth with purpose of making World a better place to live is Philosophy.A
criminal investigation for truth isn’t Philosophy.

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Some quotes are like a beautiful women whose mere glance soothes your mind if aren’t too
analytical. I keep sharing such quotes . So pl excuse, if you are too analytical.

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Researcher for research on any subject is awarded with degree of PhD i.e. Doctor of philosophy.
Hence there is nothing which is out of preview of philosophy. Only quality of research and study
determines whether its worth calling philosophy. Standard of this quality which can qualify as
philosophy remains subjective.

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Types purpose people have in life depends upon activities and aims which provide them with mental
satisfaction and emotional fulfillment which in turn depends on their ideologies and peculiar
circumstances.

People with religious ideologies find their purpose in religious activities.

Other than religious activities people also find purpose in non-religious activities such as business,
research, philosophy, sports, charity etc.

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Semi-philosophers.

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Hi,

Pleased to share my compilation of humorous quotations,

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I have written a booklet titled “Philosophy of life and other essays “.

8It is located at following link,

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/B_J_Gupta_Philosophy_of_life_and_other_essays?
id=TFpNAgAAQBAJ

Thanks.

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My views are as under,

Unless you are a dumb person, you behave differently with different people.

Your decision as to how to behave with a person depends upon how have you judged him/her. This
process of judging people is so frequently required that your brain keeps on automatically and
involuntarily judging people.

So the sayings such that “Do not judge others”, “Love all" etc. are nothing more than cliché.

Do you agree?

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Yes, unless emotions compel you to act otherwise.

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In any other field such as science and economics, people do not self proclaim themselves as scientist
or economist unless either they are professionally engaged in that field or they have made
significant contribution to it. Same should happen in philosophy.

Let world acknowledge someone as a Philospher instead of self proclamation.

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We tend to judge people as boon or bane to society or just something in between.

People who untiringly keep on working whole heartedly for betterment of society and the world are
considered as boon. Those who are indifferent to welfare of considered as bane. All other are are
considered falling in between that hierarchy.

So coming to the question whether the people enjoying and looking for space journey are evil,

I would say that the people enjoying space travel definitely fall short of those people, in above
mentioned hierarchy, who can afford space journey but would have spent that amount on charity
instead of enjoying the space travel.

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I consider my partner to be purpose of my life. So for me it’s easy to maintain patience.

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It depend on your definition of God .

In case you define God as highly powerful and benevolent figure, which is a generally accepted
definition, then surely he doesn’t exist. Otherwise why there should have been so much misery in
the world.

Thanks for commenting on my post.

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आप ऐसा क्यों मानते हैं कि भगवान नहीं है ?

यदि आप भगवान को बहुत ही शक्तिशाली और दयावान समझते हैं और यदि वह है तो संसार में
इतने दख
ू क्यों हैं?

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Once a disciple asked master whether God exists.

Master said he wouldn’t answer.

Disciple said that it means he is theist.

Master said that he isn’t theist because even without knowing anything about God theist claims his
existence.
So disciple said that then he is atheist.

Master said that he isn’t atheist either because without knowing anything about God

He claims his non-existence.

Story from a book titled “ One minute wisdom”.

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A lot of things have been said and written about the meaning of life specially by them whose
thinking has been clouded by religious conceptions. There are no rainbows in clear skies. Answer to
the question ‘what is meaning of life?’ depends on whose life and ‘meaning to whom’ we are talking
about. Normally we talk about human life only.

Yes, our life does have lot of meaning for each other , because our life depends so much on
each other. But what about meaning of our life to universe as a whole. Going by our latest scientific
knowledge of universe, out of all stars and planets, life exists only on earth. On earth too life was
neither there since its beginning, nor may last till its end. I think nothing more need to be said about
meaning of our life to universe.

This happens due to arrogance which prevents them from acknowledging the fact
mentioned in the question that without society man is nothing but animal.

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Philosophy of life is a set of principles by which you live your life. An unprincipled person doesn’t
have any philosophy of life.

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Society acknowledges those people as high thinkers whose thoughts promote welfare of humanity
and such people adopt simple life out of compassion for humanity.

Mahatma Gandhi rightly recommended high thinking and simple living.

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Is economic inequality a necessary evil and since it can’t be cured it is to be endured?

It’s economic inequality which motives people to climb social ladder by working hard and
innovatively. This in turn has resulted in progress in all spheres of life.

Although economic inequality is evil from point of view of underprivileged it has been necessary for
our progress. So since it can’t be cured, it has to be endured.

But once the limit of endurance is crossed, revolution begins.

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My comment would depend on definition of God .

In case you define God as highly powerful and benevolent figure, which is a generally accepted
definition, then surely he doesn’t exist. Otherwise why there should have been so much misery in
the world.

As I see day by day more and more people 7are becoming atheist on account of above st logic, this
quote can be rightly considered as writing on the wall.

Unbiased search for truth with purpose of making World a better place to live is Philosophy. A
criminal investigation for truth isn’t Philosophy.

I am not aware of any person who has been acknowledged as Philosopher but hasn't worked for
betterment of humanity. Hence 8the quote.

Religion is a set of belief system designed to persuade people to live in a manner which is ideal in
view of founding members of the particular religion.

We are required to depend on faith in absence of complete knowledge. For example we have to go
by faith in choosing a doctor in absence of complete knowledge of medical treatments.

Unfortunately life is indeed struggle for God forsaken lot.

So although hope for best, it’s prudent to remain prepared for worst.

It's a big ego, which so many theists harbor, which prevents them from accepting that God is just a
matter of faith instead of any logic. They will keep on coming with illogical arguments to defend their
ego.

Once they get exhausted with their arguments they won't mind humiliating atheists because
maintaining their ego is imore important to them than humility.

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I think

1. Live simply so that others can simply live.

2. Enjoy life but at the same time keep a corner in your heart for have-nots.
3. Try to accept things which are beyond your control. What can’t be cured is to be endured.
4. Don’t hesitate in waging fight against one-upmanship but without taking things to your
nerves.

Goodness quotient

Man's goodness can be defined simply as his concern for others. Goodness quotient can be defined
as ratio of his concern for others to his total concerns. Goodness is relative. A person is considered
good if his goodness is higher than that of an average person in the society.

No body is 100% good. Same way nobody is 100% bad.

If you are a person like me who drives some mental satisfaction in attempting to mold the world in
your way, in however insignificant manner it may, then you would agree that quitting isn't the way.
In order to continue to drive this satisfaction you need to survive. Survival often requires
compromises, which although unwillingly, I have to make and I do make such as maintaining
dichotomy between my inner and outer self among many others.

-B.J. Gupta

Unmet desires lead to frustration.

Frustration leads to apathy.

Apathy leads loss of desires

My observations are based on my personal experiences.

I had a desire that all my family members, relatives, friends, members of this group etc. act in a
manner that is ideal as per my own views.My desire may be called irrational, impractical etc but
nevertheless it was there.

It naturally remained unmet because I can't dictate the way everyone should behave which led to
frustration.

This frustration led to apathy.

Now this desire no longer exists.

We can't live without faith. For example to decide upon a doctor for medical treatment you have to
depend upon faith. Difference lies between how open or close minded you are. A open minded
person keeps on updating his/her faith in light of new evidences.

Sushilji, I would like contents of this group to be simple enough to of practical interest. So I would
prefer that number of words in questions be limited to about 30.

Accordingly I request you to edit your question and resubmit.

Thanks.

Is faith necessary for survival?

Yes indeed.

Faith is not limited to faith in existence of God. To successfully keep on navigating through life, one
has to take recourse to faith, wherever and whenever one is short of adequate knowledge.

For example, in absence of himself/herself possessing complete knowledge of medical treatments

one has to take recourse to faith in medical professionals.

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I think yes because one can't act always in selfish manner without compromising with integrity.

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It's a belief in Hinduism and related religions which says that whatever good or bad you are facing
are consequence of deeds(karma) you have done in this and previous lives.

Lack of morality may be due to many reasons. One of them , I think, is rise of ‘Me first’ generation
brought up by nuclear families. This generation cares less for fellow human beings because it
believes in ‘Me first’.

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I think we should refine the question by specifically asking meaning of whose life to whom.

Within family and society, our life does 8have lot of meaning for each other , because it depends so
much on each other.

But what about meaning of our life to universe as a whole. Going by our latest scientific knowledge
of universe, out of all stars and planets, life exists only on earth. Even on earth life was neither there
since its beginning, nor may last till its end. So, I think, nothing more need to be said about meaning
of our life to universe.

Till I don't know meaning of life, I have no choice but to accept it as a mystery and I am also
comfortable with it being mystery. I am also almost convinced that those who claim to know the
meaning are knowingly or unknowingly misleading others. Purpose of this post is to establish dialog
with those who claim to know and prevent others getting misled if I am able to prove them wrong.

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Man's actions are by and large governed by self-interest. Morality is a code of conduct to ensure
that our actions are not just governed by self interest, but the interest of other members of the
society is also taken into consideration. Morality has relevance only in context of society. No action
is moral or immoral for a man living in isolation.

Here two different things are involved viz . action and intention. Although intention of deterring
people from committing major crimes is morally good, action of hurting anybody isn’t. Problem lies
in evaluating combined moral value of action and intention. Although I believe there is no objective
formula or theory available to enable us to do this exercise, I look for philosophical inputs .

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The gist of question, if read along with preceeding remarks, is that do we have any gobjective
yardstick to pass any moral judgment or in other words is morality objective in it’s entirety.

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A good justification for being vegan is that although survival is a basic instinct in all animals including
humans but being human we tend to look for alternatives which we believe to be causing least
atrocities and violence.
Mind posseses both, intellectual

plasticity as well as elasticity.

It's plasticity allows

it to conform to external social environment

but on account of it's

elasticity it may react against it.

Generally speaking it's more

plastic during

childhood, becomes

more elastic during youth

and keeps on loosing both

plasticity as

well as elasticity as we age

and becomes more or less

rigid like a rock.

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Isn’t it a good justification for being vegan that although survival is a basic instinct in all animals
including humans but being human we tend to look for alternatives which we believe to be causing
Th

There are and have been many people in past who have tried to resolve mysteries of life. When they
failed to come up with any rational resolution, in their foolishness, took recourse to wild imagination
and came up with thousands of irrational beliefs and resolutions, which in turn did nothing but
spread the foolishness and gave rise to a class of pseudo-philosophers.

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Have you observed that bond in marriage is relatively stronger in cases when upbringing is religious?
If so what could be the reasoning?
On my side I share this observation.

My reasoning is as under,

My upbringing has been religious which made me see divinity in my spouse.

To me making love to my spouse has been the means of worshipping the divinity thereby
strengthening the bond.

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Google says that risk of divorce is less by i14% in religious people. I don’t think that all of this
reduction can’t be attributed to fear of God hence a deeper psychological study is necessary to
arrive at any conclusion.

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What’s your take on statement that truth or fact for anybody is what he/she strongly believes in?

For example consider following statement ,

“ Religious upbringing instills a sense of devotion in, if not all, many which has a positive impact on
martial bond.”

For me above statement is true because it has a back up my own observations.

Should I start accepting this statement to be false because others don’t share my observations?

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There isn’t any universally acceptable criteria for truth.

One person's claim of any truth may not be acceptable to all.

Hence truth remains subjective which in turn depends upon belief system.

Although by definition it means something predetermined, I think it’s another name for things which
are either beyond control or the ones which don’t wish to control.

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Do you believe in fate?

There are two aspects of fate.

One is that it’s beyond your control.

Second is that it’s predetermined.

Although I can’t say whether or not things are predetermined, there are always things affecting you
which lie beyond your control such as genetics, cultural upbringing ,calamities etc. among many
others.

So what can’t be cured is to be endured whether you call it fate or not.

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In childhood you aren’t aware of intricacies of the world.

In youth you are aware and prepared to take world head on.

In old age you are aware but least bothered because you know you are approaching the time to bid
goodbye.

Stages of mental aging.

That’s the basic difference in perspective. One perspective is that basic intentions behind formation
of religious tenets were bona-fide, i.e for the welfare of mankind, unless evidence is there to prove
otherwise.

Other perspective is just opposite.

To each his own.

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My mother keeps asking for water which I can’t give because she is suffering from kidney problems.
I don’t think that one can remain happy in such circumstances .

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Purpose in life should be to continue to keep searching and securing means to live it with dignity.
Undignified life isn’t worth living.

Don’t you think that more rational a person is more he/she will tend to overlook emotional aspects
of issues?a

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Beliefs keep on infiltrating into our mind and we have to consciously keep on churning out what we
find irrational.

Yes, quite often I find myself being more comfortable in going by emotions than logic or rationality.

For example I prefer to follow simple lifestyle more by choice than necessity on account of my
empathetic feelings and emotions for have-nots. Although logically it’s not going to make any
difference in alleviation of poverty.

It's because of powerful hypnotic effect of religious leaders on masses which make them feel
following,

1. Only religion can save the world.

2. Irreligious people lack sense of charity, hence deserve to be hated.

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Yes, quite often I find myself being more comfortable in going by emotions than logic or
rationality.
 For example I prefer to follow simple lifestyle more by choice than necessity on account of my
empathetic feelings and emotions for have-nots. Although logically it’s not going to make any
difference in alleviation of poverty.

Any lifestyle made less costlier with the thought that there should be enough to go around for
everyone should be considered ssimple.

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From my side my conviction in simple living stems from a sense of empathy for have-nots.

Do religions other than Buddhism also recommend simple living and if so which ones?

Do they also elaborate upon as to why one should live simply?

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Being healthy, wealthy, educated and social add to dignity hence should be and rightly so are
persuaded as purpose in life. Being religious, spiritual, beautiful may also add to dignity by
making you more social.

I agree with you that we don’t know the purpose. Following are purpose of this post,

1. To have a dialog with those who claim to know the purpose.

2. In absence of knowledge of absolute purpose , suggest an ideal purpose.
3. To improve upon the suggested ideal purpose through further discussion.

Among all the options available to us at any given time we consciously or unconsciously opt for
the one which we anticipate to be providing maximum mental satisfaction.

Isn’t it true that the mental peace which comes from being religious can be realized more by those
with less questioning minds?

My observation is that there are more ‘puppets ‘ adding to World peace and harmony than ‘non-
puppets’.

‘Puppets’ derive more mental satisfaction from emotional fulfillment of sense of empathy that they
possess than keep on following selfish pursuits.

Although most of the religions aim to continue to work towards making World more peaceful and
better place to live than it is, the aim may not always be getting realized in reality.

Religious people derive more mental satisfaction from emotional fulfillment of sense of empathy
that they possess than keep on following selfish pursuits although it doesn’t imply that atheists lack
sense of empathy.

I believe that most of the religions have been made to arouse a sense of empathy in followers
through carefully crafting their belief systems which promises rewards such as place in heaven or so
for living with empathy. Problem occurs when people loose essence of it and become just ritualistic
which is unavoidable because everyone isn’t capable of sensing the essence.

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I believe every time when we decide to do or not do something we don’t go into detailed analysis of
expected consequences. Instead of that our mind, like a supercomputer, does required background
analysis and gives us the feedback.

Software of the computer consists of one’s Philosophy of life and basic instincts such as sense of
empathy one possess.

Reliability of this analysis depends upon efficiency of our mind and hence it’s likely to err too.

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I think you need to do a bit deeper study of religions before passing such a superficial comment.

I agree this to be a negative outcome of religion. On positive side, hasn’t it motivated religious
people to live ethically by promising rewards through belief system like place in haven of so?

Hasn't religions motivated followers to live ethically through belief in reward system such as place
in haven or so?

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Personally I have had religious upbringing but turned atheists due to questioning mind and I am still
atheists. However I have inbuilt respect for religious people and I envy them for their peace of mind
and sense of empathy that they possess and display.

Most of religions such as Christianity, Hinduism, Islam etc have tried to craft a belief system which
encourages their followers to be empathetic. It’s possible that people possessing higher sense of
empathy are more attracted towards religions and more likely to remain religious. Sense of empathy
is good for society and it should be valued and respected for it to be promoted. That’s why I respect
religious people.

There are both pros and cons of religions.

Following are cons,

1. It has led us to wars.

2. It makes us gullible to various belief systems.
3. It has perpetuated corruption in it’s name.

Following are pros,

1. It has motivated millions followers to be more empathetic by promising rewards for it such
as gateway to haven etc. through various belief systems.
2. To those with religious upbringing and unquestioning nature it provides peace of mind.

It’s a matter of individual perspective to judge whether pros outweigh cons or otherwise
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Philosophy means love for knowledge irrespective of whether it is evidence based or otherwise.

When I claim that I derive mental satisfaction and peace by adhering to my religious dogmas,
some naive philosophers ask for evidence. Hence the question.

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Following can make one live morally,

1. Basic instincts of love, compassion and empathy.

2. Hypnotic effect of religions.
3. Exemplary lifestyle of great personalities like Mahatma Gandhi .
4. Fear and respect for law of the land.

Isn’t belief in theory of Karma good for society?

In simple words theory of Karma is ‘What you sow, you shall reap’. If belief in this theory
promotes ethical living it’s good for society.

Following are the factors responsible for making people religious,

1. Religious upbringing in combination with unquestioning mind.

2. Without religious upbringing but anguished by the fact that world isn’t fair and hope that
religions can possibly save the world .

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Matters related to things such as religions, empathy, peace of mind etc. remain beyond perspective
of those who keep on looking for evidence for everything. Hence why to any time and energy in
pursuing this discussion?

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Children and immatured people can’t be expected to have philosophy of life.

Even selfish people are like animals not having any philosophy of life.

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For some people like me dignity is like oxygen. Can’t live without it. But sometimes dignity of self
needs to be compromised for sake of dignity of near and dear ones. Everybody isn’t lucky enough to
be able to carry on service or business with dignity intact .

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Some pseudo-philosophers when they they run out of any logic required for fare discussion are left
with no choice but to use derogatory language like this one.

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Life lived with dignity is a good life.

Requirements of dignified life may vary depending on society you live in. Some of the requirements
may be as under,

1. Being capable and willing to help others in need.

2. Being trustworthy.

On the other hand following type of people may be treated in undignified manner

1. Always seeking help of others.

2. Living shabbily.
3. Unreliable.

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Philosophers are more comfortable in dealing with abstract issues than real life problems.

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My observation is that Whereas philosophers continue to discuss endlessly on abstract issues they
happily agree to disagree on real issues such as morality. They remain divided whether it’s moral to
kill animals for food. You don’t share my observation, from my side I have nothing more to discuss.

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What are subjective and objective aspects of morality?

While deciding to do or not do something, taking into account interests of other members of society
is objective aspects of morality. To what extent should you consider interests of others over and
above your interests is subjective.

In final analysis morality remains relative. Compare morality of Mahatma Gandhi who adopted
loincloth to express his solidarity with poor as against morality of ordinary mortals.

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Nature has it’s own built up mechanism for keeping balance between extinction and
survival. So whereas on one hand powerless continue to suffer from powerful on
the other hand powerless are endowed with skills to evade powerful which is called
fight or fight mechanism.
I propose that concept of morality has arisen in human beings out of sense of
empathy towards powerless, less intelligent, less cunning and less smart people.

To put concept of morality in place moral codes are also required. Till date there is
no single code has been developed which can effectively surrve the desired
purpose however various societies, religions, nations and sects have come up with
their own codes.

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Answer to this question depends upon what do you aim to achieve through ethics.
If you desire to eradicate or minimize inequality of happiness in the world then first
you need to identify things responsible for it. IMHO lack of good intentions are
mainly responsible for existing inequality of happiness hence I would go by
deontology.

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We make our choices on the basis of an estimate of which choice is likely to

provide maximum mental satisfaction.

Mind works like a computer to arrive at the estimate. Like a computer it can err
too.

What is likely provide maximum mental satisfaction depends upon following,

1. Our basic instincts: Those who are endowed with basic instincts like love,
empathy and compassion will derive more mental satisfaction by making altruistic
choices.

2. Dogmas: Adherence to religious dogmas also provides mental satisfaction.

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In order to survive one has to keep on taking decisions. Decisions are either based
on knowledge or beliefs. Whenever knowledge falls short one has to depend upon
beliefs.

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Wise people keep on reflecting on the way they have lived their life.What worked
and what didn’t? Could they have done things differently? Through this reflection
they come up with life lessons which they think may help in betterment of life of
others and world in general.

Hence they try to share their life lessons through their writings. Their writings
consist of by and large personal accounts. These accounts may or may not be
always backed up by verifiable evidences. Does lack of verifiable evidences make
their work philosophically useless?

I don’t think so.

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For example take following life lesson,

“Instead of blaming people for my failure, I blame my fate for having those very in
my life.”

What kind of evidence do you require to get benefited from above lesson ( if at all
you think to be getting benefited)?

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There are differences in opinion about scope of philosophy.

Traditionally each and every branch of knowledge was considered to be falling

within it’s scope. Philosophy literally means love for knowledge.

Even today researchers in any branch of knowledge are awarded with degree of
PhD i.e. Doctor of philosophy.

But now many consider it’s scope limited to evidence based knowledge.
So IMHO answer should be yes if we go by traditional definition otherwise straight
no.

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Nothing to hate logic but IMHO pure logic is nothing but like a computer
processing its inputs as premises into output as conclusions.

Through logic alone we can’t have knowledge as output if garbage is input. In

same way we can’t have more treasurer of knowledge as output than what’s input.

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To what extent those who allow people like Putin to grow are responsible for
Ukraine war?

Inactivity of good people is, to some extent, responsible for activity of bad ones.
Also not bothering to differentiate between what is good and bad plays it’s own
role.

Is war only solution against wrong doings of US? Perhaps yes for person like
Putin?

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The question is incomplete unless we specify meaning of whose life and meaning
to whose life we are talking about.

Normally we talk about human life only.

What meaning can be thought of life of plant and animals which are slaughtered
daily in millions and trillions to provide food value to human life?

Yes, our life does have lot of meaning for each other , because our life depends
so much on each other. But what about meaning of our life to universe as a
whole. Going by our latest scientific knowledge of universe, out of all stars and
planets, life exists only on earth. On earth too life was neither there since its
beginning, nor may last till its end. I think nothing more need to be said about
meaning of our life to universe.

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Pious life is a life lived according to religious beliefs.

Philosophers do not believe in beliefs. On the contrary they detest beliefs.

Hence it can be concluded that they detest pious life.

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It means putting on pedestal the person you love.

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Purpose of OP was to impress upon the fact that basic instincts of love and
compassion are enough to make a person act morally.

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Man’s actions are governed by intellect and basic instincts whichever is overriding
at any given moment. Lack of intellect is foolishness. Everyone isn’t endowed with
basic instincts of love, compassion etc. In equal measure.

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All that falls within your perspective is reality for you. All that which lie beyond your
perspective, may or may not be reality for you depending upon your faith.

For example, existence of God is a reality for all those who have faith in him.
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To me destiny means things happening to me which are beyond my control and

instead of being predetermined, I think them to be happening to me on account of
laws of statistical probability to which I am, including everyone else, is subjected to.

Morality is an attitude by which you don't ignore adverse effects of your actions on
others.

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All the information which we keep receiving we keep on classifying as under,

1. If observations required to verify it as true or false, fall within our perspective

then whatever we find true and find useful we call it our knowledge. Rest of it
we discard.

2. If observations required to verify it as true or false, fall beyond our perspective

then depending upon our level of confidence and faith in source of information
we classify it as knowledge or belief or rubbish.

Do you think that everyone's perspective can be wide enough to be capable of

verifying all information that is received as true or false?

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Whenever we are "highly" confident about something, we don’t label it as a belief.

For example you won’t say “ I believe 2+2=4”.

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Is it possible?

I think yes.

For example, due to high level of confidence in allopathy, whatever information I

glean through, I consider it as part of my knowledge.

Whereas I consider other systems of treatments such as Homeopathy, Ayurveda,

Accupuncture, Unani etc as belief systems and simply screen on any information
related to these systems.

For others it may be just opposite.

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I blame my fate for things and people , I am angry at, being part of my life
instead of getting angry at them.

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Yesterday myself and Girishbhai met Mr Giri of Anoop steel works and asked him
to do following,

1. Clean one panel of polycarbonate sheet roof cover.

2. Give quotation for cycle stand and duct cover.
3. Provide item rates for repairs of M.S farming for roof, handrails and
replacement of polycarbonate roof sheets.

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It happens in following steps ,

1. You observe, listen or read something.

2. You receive some information in step 1.

3. You discard it if you find it useless.

4. If find it useful, you try to verify it yourself.

5. If verified it becomes your knowledge.

6. If not, if you have very high confidence in the source, you treat the information
like knowledge.

7. Rest of it becomes belief.

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A knowledge can be subjective or personal if it has either not been shared with
others or it’s not acknowledged by others. For example, if you are aware of a
medical treatment for some disease and have found it to be working in maximum
cases, it becomes your personal knowledge. Once you share it with others and
they also find to be working, it becomes objective knowledge. However distinction
may not be always as fine as in this example.
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A piece of knowledge is considered subjective if there are only few people

subscribing to it. Otherwise it’s considered objective. More the number of people
subscribing, more objective it is considered.

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Fallacy also lies in looking everything in terms just black and white thereby ignoring
grey areas which also exist.

For example knowledge of a medical treatment doesn’t depend upon whether it

works on 100% population or not.

Sometimes even if it works on just 10% people it is considered as a knowledge in

absence of better treatment.

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Line demarcating knowledge and belief isn’t very fine. Something which we have
either ourselves witnessed or we have very high level of confidence, we consider it
as knowledge. Others we classify as either belief or rubbish.

For example, due to high level of confidence in allopathy, whatever information I

glean through, I consider it as a part of my knowledge.

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God exists for all those who have faith in him. Doesn’t require any proof or
evidence.

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Before you claim something as a truth, first you must perceive it. Perceptions are
subjective.

Hence truth is subjective.

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Any information which infilters into our mind we label it as a knowledge, faith, belief
or trash. All depends upon level of maturity at that stage.

As we mature we also keep on reclassifying it.

More immatured we are, there is more likelihood of a information getting wrongly
stored as a faith or belief.

One is never 100% matured.

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No. Faith is not limited to being religious. In order to survive, gaps between
required and available knowledge are bridged, knowingly or unknowingly, admittedly
or otherwise by faith and beliefs.

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Subjective knowledge may rely on subjective observations which may not always be
possible to share as objective evidences.

To “philosophers” who keep on asking for objective evidences for my subjective

knowledge, I am compelled to say “Take it or leave it.”

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Life lived with dignity should be considered as an ideal life which in turn is characterized by
following,  

1. Becoming  capable of and willing to help others in need.

2. Being trustworthy.

3. Being social.

4. Not living shabbily.

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Faith is placed in someone whereas beliefs keep on infiltrating in your mind and remain there until
you question them and discard them if you find them to be to incorrect.

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Hi,

I am Smita’s father.

This is with reference to chat we had on Shaadi.com.

I am enclosing Smita’s latest biodata and photographs for your persual.

Looking for your positive feedback at earliest.

Thanks.

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Faith leads to hope.

Hope is opposite of fear.

Fear keeps you in fight or fight mode.

This mode requires more blood to be diverted to brain and heart.

In order to divert more blood to brain and heart peripheral blood vessels get constricted.

Prolonged constriction of peripheral blood vessels weakens them thereby reducing blood supply to
other parts of body leading to chronic disorders , accelerated aging and making people short
tempered.

Bottom line is that it helps to have faith but one can’t have faith just because it helps.

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Wisdom lies in capacity to solve metaphysical problems of life.

In this philosophy may help but not necessarily required.

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Yes. Morality comes from basic instincts of love and compassion which everyone is not endowed
with in equal measure.

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IMHO one should depend upon knowledge as far as possible instead of faith but knowledge may not
always be adequate.

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All religions were made to persuade people to lead a life which is ideal in view of founder of
respective religions.

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In taking decisions in day-to-day matters either we depend upon knowledge or beliefs. One should
depend upon knowledge instead of beliefs as far as possible but no one can possess enough
knowledge to do away with all beliefs.

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Reality can be is subjective also.

Is headache reality to those who have never experienced it? For theists existence of God is a reality.
Unless you have experienced religion, you remain in your atheistic world and they remain in their.

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Question sounds absurd to you because you are stuck to idea that reality can’t be nothing but
objective.

Philosophers are devided into watertight camps on this subject. Some claim it to be objective, others
claim that everything is subjective. Whereas some think that it can be both subjective as well as
objective.

For those with first hand experience of being religious, existence of God is a reality.

It’s philosopher’s job to analyze what type of reality it is for them.

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Morality comes out of emotions which in turn come out of basic instincts such as love, compassion,
empathy etc. which everyone is not equally endowed with.

Had it been matter of logic there is no dearth of logical people all of would have become moral
which is not so.

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Every thing originates from emotions and regulated by logic.

For example if you witness a person getting murdered, your emotions may call you to intervene but
logic may prevent you from doing so.

But a person who is emotionally bankrupt may not even think of intervening.

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I would like to illustrate my point of view from following example,

If you witness a person getting murdered, your emotions may call you to intervene but logic may
prevent you from doing so.

But a person who is emotionally bankrupt may not even think of intervening.

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Having a faith that God will ensure that good will happen to you if you live by tenets of your religion.

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Answer is Karma for those who believe in it.

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My understanding of Karma is as under,

It's a belief in Hinduism and related religions which says that whatever good or bad you are facing
are consequence of deeds(karma) you have done in this and previous lives.

This belief has been crafted to persuade people to act morally.

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Yes, I believe so.

Otherwise it’s more logical to remain selfish.

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No. People who say so, quite often aren’t religious themselves nor do they understand what does it
means to be religious.

IMHO religious people act morally, whenever they do so, due to mental satisfaction they derive out
of being good.

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I think there’s is a need do differentiate between morality of a person and morality of an act.

If a moral person unintentionally happens to harm someone, he doesn’t become immoral and vice-
versa.

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"There are various degrees of being religious. "

The people who go to church and do sinful things aren't strongly religious.

"There are various degrees of being religious. "

The people who go to church and do sinful things aren't strongly religious.

"The last question isnt specific enough. Specificity greater than subjectivity here. Depends on the
monotheistic religion applied considering the titling God."

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Man's actions are by and large governed by self-interest. Morality is a code of conduct to ensure
that our actions are not just governed by self interest, but the interest of other members of the
society is also taken into consideration. Morality has relevance only in context of society. No action
is moral or immoral for a man living in isolation.

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Looking for interesting questions.

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The effect of Karma is not limited to person who deserved it to achieve following,

1. To provide an answer to a possible question that why bad may happen to you even if have
done good deeds throughout your life. The answer being that whatever bad you are
experiencing in present life is outcome of your deeds, not limited to present life, but also of
previous lives.
 2. To persuade you to keep doing good even if good isn’t happening to you because your due
good will definitely come back to you, if not in this life, in any one of your future life.

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